Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) has signed an agreement with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), as the Hub makes strides to become a regional technology commercialisation centre.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says inactive lines in the country’s telecommunications industry have increased from 65,186,763 in May to 67,331,498 in June 2016.
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New York, US (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind among global leaders in innovation, according to a new report released on Monday by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Global technology firms have demonstrated a deep commitment to work with state officials in Africa to computerise schools and learning centres during a ministerial conference on placing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at the heart of education planning, which started in Abidjan Wednesday.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Internet Society is calling for the adoption of policies and frameworks that expand access and create greater demand for the internet in Africa, according to a statement issued by the society and made available to PANA in Dakar, Senegal, on Wednesday.
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New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of a major UN conference on priorities for the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of members to a governing council that will provide support towards the operationalization of a proposed Technology Bank for those vulnerable nations.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission on Wednesday launched Phase 2 of the African Union Research Grants programme with an open call for proposals for Research and Innovation in Africa supported by the European Union.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - By using digital payments to pay Ebola response workers, Sierra Leone massively cut payment times, avoiding large-scale strikes and ensuring a stable workforce to defeat Ebola, according to a new study from the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance.
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New York, US (PANA) - The global sustainable development agenda recognizes the great potential of information and communication technology to accelerate human progress, bridge the digital divide and advance knowledge, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday in New York.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is in Nigeria, with its Director General, Mr Yukiya Amano, saying he is pleased to see that Nigeria is taking the correct steps toward a safe use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With science taking the centre stage, the Next Einstein Forum’s Global Gathering, Africa’s premiere global science and technology forum, wound up here in Dakar Thursday with a clear path forward on how best to drive development through science, technology and innovation across the continent.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An unprecedented coalition of African and world leaders on Tuesday convened at the first-ever "Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering", issuing a joint call to action for increased investment and support for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in Africa. The event marks a historic first step in charting a new course for science-led development in Africa.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Dakar-based Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is organising a conference on Open Access and Africa's knowledge economy to be held in the Senegalese capital in March.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first-ever United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) gathering of scientists to discuss disaster risk management kicked off on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, seeking to map out a scientific and technological approach to the issue while addressing the importance of partnership.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new World Bank report said on Wednesday that while the internet, mobile phones and other digital technologies were spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher growth, more jobs, and better public services have fallen short of expectations.
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New York, US (PANA) - With the curtain closed on the two-day review by the United Nations General Assembly of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Member States have adopted an outcome document which aims at bridging the digital divide, ensure freedom of speech, and address Internet governance to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Twelve female scientists from across Sub-Saharan Africa have been honoured for their work and impact in the scientific field as recipients of the 2015 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Fellowships.
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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Facebook, an online social networking service, is launching the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa with the aim of recognising developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Check Point Software Technologies has released the October 2015 statistics for its Threat Cloud World Cyber Threat Map, which found that Tanzania was the most attacked country in the world that month in cyber-crime, IT News Africa reported on Thursday.
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In its bid to contribute to promoting Senegal as an information and communications technology (ICT) centre of excellence and a destination for the establishment of call centres, e-commerce, software development, wireless Internet facilities and other ICT market segments, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Wednesday it will inject €70.61 million in the sector.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The MTN Group and Liquid Telecom have partnered to jointly offer customers access to the largest fixed and wireless footprint across Africa, IT News Africa reported Tuesday, quoting an announcement by the two companies.
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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Akon Lighting Africa concluded its African road show last night in Benin, with the three co-founders - Akon, Thione Niang and Samba Bathily - inspecting the new street lamps installed in the district of Pahou, near the capital, Cotonou, with Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou.
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The three founding members of the Akon Lighting Africa - Akon, Thione Niang and Samba Bathily - who have ended a 15-day African Road Show have announced the launching of a project for the provision of education tablets and the setting up of intelligent classrooms for students.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has affirmed the need for a comprehensive regional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) strategy for the continuous growth and development of the West African region.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his administration would take concrete actions to correct the neglect of research, science and technology by past governments.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, said here Thursday that under his leadership, Nigeria will continue to support the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and human development only.
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An agreement to build West Africa’s first utility-scale solar power plant was signed here Friday by Norwegian company Scatec Solar and its partners, the Malian Ministry of Energy and Water and Electricité du Mali (EDM), the electricity utility of Mali.
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Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are developing a new research facility, The Congo Basin Institute (CBI).
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New York, US (PANA) - Projecting that the use of nuclear power will continue to grow in the coming decades, the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has urged countries with nuclear energy programmes to share their spent fuel and radioactive waste management know-how with less-experienced countries.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese Prime Minister Mahammad Boun Abdallah Dione on Monday said that his country will give the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) a site to accommodate its future "key for knowledge".
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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that the Internet can bring to people across the continent, according to Kathy Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Internet Society.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - Kenya’s claim to be the undisputed cradle of mankind has been bolstered by the archeological discovery of 3.3 million-year-old stone tools used for cutting meat from animal carcasses and hammers used to pound nuts and root tubers near Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya.)
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Thursday announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Fadi Chehadé, would be concluding his tenure in March to move into a new career.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Political leaders will join education experts and investors at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20-22 May 2015 to discuss the role technology can play in building on Africa’s progress in education, training and development.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Philips Foundation has extended its partnership with the UN Children's fund (UNICEF) as one of the 5 founding partners and steering committee member of the UNICEF Global Innovation Center (GIC).
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